SK 443 

P5 1909 

1909 
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STATE OF 
RHODE ISLAND 



ABSTRACT OF 



Dw$ Relating to Birds $ Game 



PUBLISHED BY 

Commissioners of Birds 

CHARLES H. REMINGTON, Chairman - Providence County 



W. GORDON REED, 2d. 


Kent County 


E. R. LEWIS 


Washington County 


W. H. THAYER 


Bristol County 


A. O'D TAYLOR 

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- -,' .Newport County 
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BIRDS. 

Every person who shall take, kill, destroy, buy, sell 
or offer for sale, or have in his possession, any wild 
bird or birds at any season of the year except as herein- 
after provided, shall be fined $20 for each of such birds. 

Every person who shall pursue with intent to kill any 
wild bird, except as hereinafter provided, shall be fined 
$20 for each offence. 

Every person who shall destroy or disturb the nest 
or eggs of any wild bird shall be fined $20 for each 
oflence. 

Partridge, Quail and Woodcock may be killed 
from November 1st to December 31 st, inclusive. 

Partridge, Quail or Woodcock wherever taken 
may not be sold, offered for sale or possessed with in- 
tent to sell. Penalty, $20 for each bird. 

Partridge, Quail or Woodcock may not be taken 
or sent beyond the limits of the state. Penalty $20 
for each bird. 

Black Duck and Wood Duck may be killed from 
August 15th to March 31st, inclusive 

Peep, Plover, Snipe, Yellow=Legs and other 
so-called " shore birds," may be killed from August 1st 
to December 31st, inclusive. 

Wild Geese, Brant, Teal, Coot and all duck, ex- 
cept Black Duck and Wood Duck, may be killed at 
any time of the year. 

Waterfowl may not be pursued or killed, from, or 
by means of, or by the use of any boat except what is 
commonly known as a skiff and propelled by oars, in 
Point Judith Pond, Charlestown Pond, Quonochontaug 
Pond. Penalty, $20 for each offence. 

Pheasants may not be killed prior to October 
15, 1910. Penalty, $20 for each bird. 

Fish=Hawks may not be killed at any time. 
Penalty, $20 for each bird. 

English Sparrows, Hawks, (except Fish= 
Hawks,) Owls, Crows and Crow=Blackbirds 
may be killed at any season of the year by a person 
upon his own rafid; 

The law prtfv*i*ding a bounty on Hawks, Owls 
and Crows does not authorize any person taking or 



killing birds for such bounty to go upon the land of 
another or to kill any of such above described birds 
upon land not owned by himself. 

HUNTERS LICENSES 

No person shall hunt, pursue, take or kill any wild 
bird or animal, in this state, without having first ob- 
tained a license as hereinafter provided. 

Every person holding such license while hunting, shall 
present same for inspection to any person demanding 
same. Failure to present license shall make person 
liable to same penalty as if he where hunting without 
license. Licenses are not transferable, and expire on 
the 31st day of December. 

Licenses may be obtained from the town or city clerks, 
in each town or city. 

License Fees: Every bona fide resident of the 
state, who is a citizen of the United States, $1.00. 
Every non-resident of the state, who is a citizen of the 
United States, $10. Every unnaturalized foreign born 
person, $15. 

Exceptions : Every bona fide resident of this state, 
or his immediate family, may hunt (such birds or ani- 
mals as may legally be killed) on land owned or leased 
by him and on which he is actually domiciled, and 
which land is used for agricultural purposes and not for 
club shooting, without such license. 

Any non-resident, who is a citizen of the United States, 
and who owns real estate in Rhode Island assessed for 
taxation at $500 ; and any non-resident, who is a citizen 
of the United States and is a member of a hunting or 
fishing club incorporated prior to January 1, 1909, which 
club owns real estate in Rhode Island assessed at $1000 
may procure license on payment of $1.00 plus regis- 
tration fee. 

Each non-resident license shall enable the licensee to 
carry from the state not more than ten wild fowl, the ex- 
portationof whichisprohibitedby law, in each year pro- 
vided they are carried open to view. Penalty for violation 
of this act fine not less than twenty nor more than fifty 
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, 
or both fine and imprisonment. No license shall be 
granted any person for one year after such conviction. 
Anv transfer or loan of license shall forfeit same. 

This act applies to persons shooting Foxes, 
Hawks, Crows and Owls for bounty. 



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fruit trees. 

RABBITS, HARES AND GREY SQUIRRELS. 

Rabbits, Hares and Grey Squirrels may not be 

killed from January 1st to October 31st, inclusive. 
Penalty, $20 for each animal. 

The use of Ferrets and Weasels is prohibited at all 
times. Penalty, 10 days in jail. 

Hunting with Ferret in possession, or being associated 
with any one hunting with Ferret is forbidden. 
Penalty, $5. 

TRESPASSING. 

Persons shooting or trapping on another's land be- 
tween December lath and October 15th, "next follow- 
ing, shall be fined $5 for the first offence and $10 for 
each subsequent offence. This applies to persons 
shooting Hawks, Owls and Crows upon land of another. 

Persons trespassing on land posted against hunting 
or shooting, for the purpose of hunting or shooting, 
shall be fined $20. This applies to persons hunting 
or shooting Foxes, Hawks, Owls or Crows for bounty. 

U. S. LAWS RELATING TO SHIPPING GAME. 

All packages containing dead animals, birds or parts 
thereof, shipped by interstate commerce, must be plainly 
marked with name and address of shipper and nature of 
contents. Penalty on shipper, carrier and consignee, 
not over $200. Penalty on common carrier for trans- 
porting game killed in violation of laws of state in which 
killed, $200. 

COMMISSIONERS. 

Commissioners of Birds and their Deputies are em- 
powered by Chapters 1 12 and 1 13 of the General Paws of 
Rhodelsland and the amendments thereof and additions 
thereto to arrest without warrant any person violating 
laws relating to birds and game. They may seize any 
birds, hares, rabbits or grey squirrels in possession of 
any person at time when killing of same is forbidden. 






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